With tax rates for individuals, estates and trusts changing, tax planning takes on more importance. New ideas for financial planning and retirement must be considered. The purpose of this course is to explore practical tax-planning ideas that practitioners can use to assist clients with their needs. This course is crucial for CPAs who are looking for good ideas that can save clients money! Continually updated for legislative developments.
Learning Objectives
- Understand changes to tax law affecting individual taxpayers through the present
- Identify strategies that are effective following estate and gift tax changes
Major Topics
- Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation
- Comprehensive coverage of key provisions enacted under The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
- The SECURE 2.0 Act and Inflation Reduction Act provisions applicable to individuals
- Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations
- Considerations when selling a principal residence
- Tax benefits of HSAs
- An overview of the mechanics and practical considerations of Donor Advised Funds
- Virtual currency and digital assets
- understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions
- An update on income tax and estate-planning ideas, including any recent changes
- Tax ideas for the current year
- Miscellaneous tax-planning techniques that can add up to significant tax savings
- How to use the whole family for tax savings
- Up-to-the-minute ideas reflecting new tax law changes in cases, regulations, and rulings
